New cafe steps back in time with an old dairy farm setting

Owner of new Edible Garden Cafe keen to share her passion for food and history:
Kim and Tony Kratz recently opened the Edible Garden Cafe on their Wollongbar property - Down Converys Lane. It's open three days a week for breakfast and lunch but will soon expand to dinner hours.

WHEN former nurse and landscaper Kim and Tony Kratz bought the old Alstonville Garden Centre they had an ambitious vision to create a rustic-style restaurant complete with a historic farmhouse sightseeing experience.

That vision has taken about seven years to realise but the wait was worth it for the husband and wife team who opened the Edible Garden Cafe, set within Down Converys Lane,in March.

The cafe restaurant, located on Converys Lane off the Bruxner Hwy, is open three days a week for breakfast and lunch.

Head chef, Jade Connors, said the menu uses mostly local products and produce including herbs grown in the property's garden.

Guests are invited to wander around the five acre property before or after their meal.